The Ranchi-Gorakhpur Express was inaugurated on October 15, 2024, by Shri Sanjay Seth, the Union Minister of State for Defence, through video conferencing. The inaugural run will be a special train (08629) departing from Ranchi. The regular timetable will be announced soon. The train will depart from Ranchi every Friday...
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at 5:10 PM and arrive in Gorakhpur at 11:30 AM the next day. The return train (18630) will leave Gorakhpur every Saturday at 3:30 PM and reach Ranchi at 9:25 AM the following day. The train will have 1 first AC coach, 2 AC-2 Tier coaches, 7 AC-3 Tier coaches, 6 Sleeper coaches, and 4 General Second class coaches. It will stop at Muri, Bokaro Steel City, Chandrapura, Dhanbad, Chittaranjan, Jamtara, Madhupur, Jasidih, Jhajha, Kiul, Mokama, Patna Saheb, Patna, Patliputra, Dighwara, Chhapra, Siwan, Bhatni, and Deoria Sadar.